Featured Designer - Kati Donahue of KatiDCreations |Posh Pooch Designs

Featured Designer for March 
Kati Donahue of

KatiDCreations

I am Featuring the

 Granny and The Stars Crochet Pattern

I am not a big fan of Granny Squares,

 But really, really love the combination of the

 Granny Squares and the Star Stitch in this hat.

The pattern is Easy and Quite fun!

Links and pictures to help you.

And So many color combinations to make 

 many different looks, with one pattern.

And did I mention it is a Free pattern!

I really love the way my "interpretation" 

of her pattern turned out.

I used WW(4) and an I Hook 

and it made the hat a little bigger 

and more slouchy. 

I Love Slouchy hats!

Let's meet Kati The Designer:

Who is Kati Donahue:

"After resigning as a Police Officer to be a stay – at – home mom

 for her 2 beautiful children, Kati missed the rush, excitement 

and challenge of her former job.  She was very excited when 

she started crocheting again; to discover that when she began 

to play around with new pattern designs that the mental

 stimulation and excitement she missed was being replaced

 by such a delicate medium.   Kati loves to design and crochet 

patterns for her kids, family and friends; for without their

 support and encouragement she would not be where she is today! 

Where We can Find Her Designs:

Links:

Her Blog -http://katidcreations.com/

Her Facebook - KatiDCreations

Her Ravelry Page

Tell us About your Blog:

"My blog is pretty much about just crochet.  

I love trying new ideas or finding old ideas and 

making them new with a completely different stitch.  

I'm not much into fluff.  If there is a bit of a story

 to go with the pattern then I gladly share it with you 

hoping you get a bit of enjoyment from it.  Other

 than that I try to keep it simple and crochet the cutest

 items and write the clearest directions possible

 so you can complete is also. "

Here Some Of  Kati's Most Popular Patterns: 

3rd Loop Striped Cowl

Circle Foot Jewelry

Washcloth Cluster Stitch

Crochet Military Inspired Hat 

Wide Brim Cowboy Hat

And many more Designs available,

and I know, many more to come!
Go Check out her blog!

Pattern Sharing and Designers

I am a little miffed today!

When I give you a pattern for free, that is a paid pattern, in a give away or free gift  
that does not give you the right to "share" it with whom ever you feel.
The gift was for you.

I spend a lot of time coming up with new designs for my crochet patterns.

How do I do this?

Sketch, draw, pick colors, pick yarn, crochet test items, take pictures, edit pictures, (after many hours of training my dogs) type up the pattern, edit the pattern, test the pattern, have other designers test the pattern, have reg. people test the pattern, edit the pattern,

 Before it is even ready  to offer it for sale.

It takes many hours of preparation 

and work to design a crochet pattern- 

I will probably not be giving away

 free paid patterns anymore.

I love designing crochet patterns, 

I love to give patterns away.

I Love to be generous.

But it saddens me to see my 

Crochet patterns shared.

When you do this, it ruins it for everyone.

I am not going to go into the copyright thing, 

I am talking about dishonestly, and stealing.

Please, be thoughtful of 

Crochet Pattern designers,

and the work they do.